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Molecules 2012, 17, 4860-4877; doi:10.3390/molecule OPEN ACCESS molecules ISSN 1420-3049 /journal/molecules Article The Antimicrobial Efficacy of Elaeis guineensis : Characterization, in Vitro and in Vivo Studies 1 2 3 1 Soundararajan Vijayarathna , Zuraini Zakaria , Yeng Chen , Lachimanan Yoga Latha , Jagat R. Kanwar 4 and Sreenivasan Sasidharan 1,* 1 Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine (INFORMM), Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia; E-Mails: vijaya_r_1984@ (S.V.); latha_usm@ (L.Y.L.) 2 Biology Program, School of Distance Education, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia; E-Mail: zuraini@usm.my 3 Dental Research Training Unit, and Oral Cancer Research and Coordinating Centre (OCRCC), Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; E-Mail: chenyeng@.my 4 Nanomedicine-Laboratory of Immunology and Molecular Biomedical Research (LIMBR), Centre for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Biosciences (BioDeakin), Institute for Frontier Materials (IFM), Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, Victoria 3217, Australia; E-Mail: jagat.kanwar@.au * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: srisasidharan@; Tel.: +604-653-4820; Fax: +604-653-4803. Received: 6 March 2012; in revised form: 14 April 2012 / Accepted: 16 April 2012 / Published: 26 April 2012 Abstract: The urgent need to treat multi-drug resistant